Standing in the basement dining room of a West Loop Greek restaurant Sunday afternoon, Mayor Rahm Emanuel accepted the endorsement of one of his chief antagonists -- former mayoral candidate and outgoing 2nd Ward Ald. Bob Fioretti.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has received the endorsement of his former opponent, Alderman Bob Fioretti.
Fioretti released a statement Sunday saying he supports Emanuel in the April 7 runoff election against challenger and Cook County Commissioner Jesus...

I ran into Ald. Bob Fioretti, 2nd, at the Hideout on Friday evening and asked him if — come on, honestly, now that his campaign for mayor is over — he had workable, realistic solutions to the financial problems the next mayor of Chicago will...

The Chicago City Council on Wednesday took the step supporters of a Barack Obama presidential library on the South Side hope clears the way for the project to move forward, voting unanimously to turn over about 20 acres in one of two parks should the...

On Tuesday, thousands of Chicagoans will head to the polls and vote, deciding whether to hand Mayor Rahm Emanuel a second term or give one of the other four contenders – Chicago Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd), Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy&...

Mayoral candidates were out Monday in 11th-hour bids to win over voters before Election Day.
Chicago voters can cast in-person absentee ballots downtown Monday before conventional voting takes place Tuesday around the city in an election headlined by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who is seeking a second term, and challengers Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Bob Fioretti, Willie Wilson and William "Dock" Walls.
Absentee voting ended at 5 p.m. Monday at the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners office, 69 W. Washington St....

Two weeks ago, the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board made its endorsement for mayor of Chicago. Then we asked readers: Who is your choice?
Here are some of your endorsements for mayor:
I am voting for Bob Fioretti. Considering all the traffic cameras and speed traps installed in the last four years, I do not see how anyone living and driving in Chicago could vote for Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
— John Bott, Chicago
As a former teacher, the Chicago Tribune endorsement of Emanuel reminded me of a...

If money talks, it will have a lot to say in the new 2nd Ward come Election Day.
More than $1 million has poured into the campaign coffers of the six candidates who want to represent the ward, which cuts across 13 North Side neighborhoods stretching from the Gold Coast to Ukrainian Village.
The redrawn ward boundaries are so oddly shaped that one candidate said it looked like "a dog's breakfast." It was created in early 2012, when the City Council redrew the wards to account for population shifts...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is closing in on the majority he needs to win re-election and avoid a runoff, but nearly 1 in 5 Chicago voters remain undecided a week before Election Day, a new Chicago Tribune poll found.
The survey found that Emanuel has boosted his favorability and job approval ratings among voters after millions of dollars in TV ads, while support for top challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia may be stalling as he starts to air his own ads in the closing days of the campaign.
The poll, conducted...

Mayoral challenger Bob Fioretti stood in the kitchen of a South Side firehouse on a recent morning and explained to a small group of firefighters and paramedics why he would be a better steward of their interests than Rahm Emanuel.
Take pension benefits, which some in the room feared Emanuel could cut to ease budget woes.
"I understand what you guys, and gal, are talking about, and I agree that you've been making your contributions and the city needs to honor that," said Fioretti, an alderman who...